Was the German “firewall” against the far right violated by the success of AFD?

One in five Germans boxed X for German alternatives (AFD) on Sunday. This is a record-breaking result that has become the second-largest strength in German politics.

Behind that success, the party is now seeking an end to the consensus in German politics, and is trying not to cooperate with the far right.

Its “firewall” – German brand Mauer – has been working since the end of World War II, but AFD co-leader Tino Kurpara said:

According to voters surveyed on Sunday, the German public has decided among all major German political parties to maintain the bloc, and the German people have supported them. There is.

Friedrich Merz, who won the Conservative election, believes that the only reason AFD exists is due to issues like migration and security that need to be addressed. It’s disappearing. ”

The AFD won 20.8% of the national vote, and as the light blue area on the map showed, five eastern states had secured 34%.

“The East Germans have made it very clear that they no longer want a firewall,” Tino Kurpara said.

Friedrich Merz discusses the formation of government with the third-born Social Democrat.

His party won 28.6% of the vote, but it was the second since World War II.

AFD support has doubled, with many of their voters abandoning Mertz’s conservatives for them, according to a survey by the Institute’s Infratest Dimap.

Voters have not been postponed to the fact that Germany’s domestic information classifies some of the AFD as right-wing extremists.

The AFD argues that the order means deporting immigrants convicted of a crime, but the term is used to mean massive deportation by extreme rights.

One of the big problems for Christian Democrats is how to get voters back and stop losing more.

Merz has already flirted with the Congressional AFD and has relied on their votes to push forward with the motion to move.

However, he was clearly stabbed by the mass protests and mass protests that continued in many German cities.

The German waiting prime minister rarely tries it again, especially if he forms a government on the central left.

However, the AFD has more than 150 seats in Congress. In particular, its supporters think it’s time for the firewall to go.

“I just hope the firewall goes down, but we all know that it won’t turn out like that,” says AFD Tiktok influencer Serena Blych, 26.

“I think when a new election is held, they’ll fall to the latest one. Then they have to realize at some point they can’t get over what they’re doing right now.”

“I think Brand Mauer will stay,” says Dominique, 30, who voted for Saxony’s AFD. “I want the government to really think about their own people and their country.”

The pressure to defeat the firewall for years has come from not only AFD, but also from key figures in the Trump administration, including US vice president JD Vance and Elon Musk, who has repeatedly supported the party.

Most of the voices challenging the firewall come from the east, but it may not be surprising given the deep range of AFD, especially in five eastern states out of a total of 16 across Germany.

They won 38.6% of the votes at Thuringia and 37% in both Saxony and Saxony, far ahead of the CDU. It becomes increasingly difficult to maintain arm length.

One of the big talks on German TV on Monday night, it was tough but fair, and Mirko Geisler, a local mayor from Saxony, believes that the AFD should be placed in the “stadium.” , they were able to show what they could. If not, he warned that they would surge to 40-50% in polls.

Liane Bach, the independent mayor of the Thuringia village, said in her area “AFD voters are not right-wing extremists.”

Program’s CDU politician Philip Anthor admitted that “there is no firewall between the Democrats and those voting for AFD.”

That is the main issue that large national parties must address. How to avoid banishing AFD voters who are clearly not a problem with the firewall being violated.

One mayor noted that one of her fellow residents, who was also an AFD councillor, was fixing the local fountain. It didn’t make sense not to work with him.

Professor Conrad Ziller of Duisburg-Essen University believes the biggest threat to firewalls could come at the state level rather than at the national level.

“If you have problems building a coalition in your state, at some point you have a minority government that relies on the AFD or you can sometimes get a vote from the AFD.”

At the national level, the worst-case scenario is due to the collapse of the Meltz-led coalition. “Meltz could make a mistake. If immigration is really tough, there could be problems with SPD.”

Germany has already seen early elections due to the collapse of the Union. AFD’s Alice Weidel revealed she is looking for an early election.

Her repeated appearances in the discussions of television elections have made her a prominent figure in Germany and helped her raise the party’s profile.

However, the number one issue for AFD voters is the constant focus on immigration and security, partially driven by three deadly attacks, all said to have been done by immigrants. Masu.

Tackling anxiety, and realizing it, ultimately, becomes an immediate challenge for the next government.

Marcus Söder, Bavarian’s central right leader at the root of the urgency, said the need to tackle immigration along with Germany’s debilitating economy was “in fact, the last bullet of democracy.”

For now, there is no doubt that it will violate a long-standing firewall.

And Tom Unger, Meltz’s party general secretary, has declared that there should not be any cooperation with the parties opposed to Germany, the West, NATO membership and “European ideas.”

He said it’s not compatible with the conservative “core DNA.”